After hearing so many stories about Keane for years from so many of his ex team mates I’ve come to the conclusion that perhaps the greatest thing he possessed was not only his amazing talent as a player but the effect he had on his fellow team mates. They practically worshipped him. They knew he had their back and it made them better. It made them believe. It gave them confidence. The confidence you need to do great things - and great things they did. He was that player. They could really do with one of those players right now. Unfortunately they don’t come around too often.
They didn't worship him at all. He was psychopathic on the field and had the backing of the manager. That's why no one dared argue back. It would have been akin to telling the manager to f*** off!
The pampered academy system and social media celebrity status of the top youngsters means that the best young players know nothing about the Roy Keane, Patrick Viera, Stefan Effenberg, John Terry, Steven Gerrard & Carlos Puyol metal
@@CoffeeCartel666 Rio was a centre back who was part of the champions League team. Won league titles and everything else with us. Honestly we never replaced him with an equal.
How come, the management never thrown Maguire out of the team?! Usually if someone comes up with bad performances, they they sack him. His story is a strange phenomenon.
Famous old saying and probably the most relevant in football about ridiculously good players is....you only remember how good they truly were when they aren't there anymore..... Roy Keane can't and won't be replaced.... certainly not in my lifetime.... leadership of the highest quality...👏👏
He was the best midfielder in possibly the best midfield in premier league history and for a period of time Europe. He was the engine and catalyst for the team from around '96 onwards. He couldn't pass like Beckham or have the skills of Scholes or Beckham but was the best of all four, in fact between 97 and 2004 he was undoubtedly United's best player. He had a technique and playing style and positional awareness that was so effective, he drove the team on when needed, kept it ticking over, rarely gave away possession and so calm in such a frantic league at that time. 8 or 9 out of 10 performances every single week. Unbelievable player.
Not exactly weak. Perhaps not on the same level that it has become currently but then again the game was more physical back then which adds a different dynamic. Ferdinand, Terry, Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Ronaldo, Henry, Pires, Bergkamp, Hasselbaink, Drogba, Makelele, Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard, Giggs, Veron…The list goes on. Hardly weak. The Italian and Spanish leagues were also very strong during this period but there is no doubt The Premier League was a damn strong league back in late 90s early 2000s onwards.
@@suyashshukla149 Regardless if the game has become more competitive, by which I assume you mean there are more quality teams across the board, doesn’t negate the fact that Keane was an immense player. Any top team in Europe would have gladly taken him on their books. Veron, a gift of a player couldn’t get in the centre kid because of Keane’s presence and Veron was a top performer in the Italian league when it was near its pinnacle. I wish I could see Keane do battle with midfielders in today’s game - he would demolish many of them.
@@sundog8772 i agree , he was the reason united were so dominant in midfield with just 2 midfielders, all i was doinh was making a point abt how pl 's quality varied, there has never been any doubt about how good roy was and still will be in the current pl. Coz even today a peak roy keane walks into every team 's starting line up
@@johnnyrocker7495 The league is shit now. City and Liverpool aside, it's filled with average teams. Chelsea, United, Spurs, Arsenal, were all much better in the past decade.
As a Liverpool fan I always liked Keane. He was like a pitbull crossed with a crocodile in that midfield role but he was smart as well and could drag his team mates through quicksand with his lead from the front attitude. Last of the breed I am sad to say, game has moved on but I miss that crunching style he and others like him brought to our game.
I'm an american that does not follow English Football really and honestly had never even heard the name Keane until recently, but he more I see of this guy the more I like his unforgiving attitude about life. 'So what you scored a goal, it's your job' almost killed me from laughter at how brutally honest that statement was. Roy, if I ever make it across the pond and run into you in a pub the pints are on me, and I'm quite certain you can afford them more than I can. Respect.
did you read in his biography about his intention to break another player's leg? the guy might have been a good captain in one sense but he was nothing more than a thug in another.
@Fill up my plate🍽️ your comment is barely worth responding to because a) it makes little sense and b) what you are saying about players nowadays is the same as back then. there are always divers. besides, what do you know about the psychology of a premier league player? i mean, first hand, from personal experience?
@@paulhornsey-pennell1931 from what I've seen of Keane, what did the other player do? Yeah he was a brawler, a hooligan if you will, and wasn't above putting someone in their place if he felt they needed it, and yes he played hard, more so than most of the ballerinas on the pitch today, but he was too much of a team player to just say 'that's a good player I'm going to break his leg' I haven't read his bio but I bet there was a 'for this action' included in that statement because he knew that red card meant he wasn't out there helping his mates. How long was he captain under Ferguson? He was good but it was this specific attitude as to why he held it for as long as he did. After bullet tooth Tony and a French karate kick I don't think Ferguson would have tolerated a thug on the pitch. Ferguson understood him.
@@paulhornsey-pennell1931 Now tell the story about why that occurred. Give a bit of background instead of pushing an agenda. “Ohh he’s a thug!!!” What kind of a pussy are you, cop on 😄
Brilliant player. My favourite. I am biased in that regard. He could pass he could tackle, had an incredible engine. Most of all was a terrific leader and pushed on the team. Great era of success those teams brought to man utd
He replaced one of the greatest UTD captains of all time (Bryan Robson) and then became arguably the greatest UTD capt of all time. This is a player that started his career playing for Cobh Ramblers in the second division of the League of ireland. Cloughie brought him to Forest and the rest is history.
This is the biggest credit to him is that we still to this day have not been able to replace him for all the money we have spent and all the quality we have apparently bought. He was a winner and a warrior on the pitch and he did it best.
It’s an Irish thing that nobody will ever understand trust me. I’m mixed with Jamaican and Irish, and I wondered for years why I could switch so suddenly and so fiercely. It’s just inbuilt. Event if you have a spot of Irish blood trust me you go when you need to go. 💪
Keane was pure class, in every way, on the field. I used to watch him, and wish he played for Spurs. And he's a funny guy too. I'd fucking love to have a beer with him, and listen to his version of the Irish World Cup bullshit. He's a top man, I think.
I have a friend who worked in Cork airport, he once had a few pints with him in a Cork pub, just got chatting like you would with anyone at the bar, great company he said.
Keano epitomises what a Team mate and captain should be. Gave it everything, always had your back, let his football do the talking. Humble beginnings stood strong and stayed with him. Maybe a generational thing compared to today's 'players'
I am irish and I remember someone asking me back in the early 90s what was so good about Roy Keane being in the Irish team - and i remember saying - it was not just that he was so good - it was that everyone around him played better when he was there - because no one was complacent or give the ball away, or he would scream abuse at them. No one was allowed to have an off day when he was on the pitch. We didnt realise that we wouldnt see the likes of him again even 30 years later...
He was the main reason that other teams feared United… once he left they lost half their heart… and once Sir Alex was gone the other half left with him.
@@martinpotts6417 They also won five of the next seven PL titles, an FA Cup, four League Cups, six Community Shields, a Cup Winners' Cup, Europa League, a European Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup since Keane left, with a PL/CL, PL and League Cup and a League Cup and Europa League same season double too without him. But why should some people let a mere detail like the facts get in the way of their clichéd argument, eh?
@@hotbot4219 he manufactured conflict as a means of sink or swim. same with beckham and rooney. and stam. the only one he really got wrong was stam. beck and van nistelrooy spent their best years at old trafford.
If you lived through that era of premiership football you wouldn't question who was the best player because this guy Keane got the best of whoever he came up against and in 99 he had reached his prime and took over one of footballs greatest midfield line in Davids Zidane and dechamps in turin after going 2 0 down in 10 minutes.Best midfielder in premier league history with second in my mind the Liverpool legend gerrard and to make things better gerrard rated himself second ahead of scholes,Vieria,lampard and Macalele and simply said Keane The best.He played against keane in 05/06 season twice.Keane who nearing the end still came out on top in old traford and after 60 minutes in anfield with the score 0-0 they both were pretty even that day.He was one of the greatest leaders because he led by example and got all others around him to play better.Keane was so good at reading a game,passing through the gaps from midfield to fowards, dictating the pace,tackling,he scored 93 goals in his career also.An absolute legend that will be remembered if humans are still alive in 2000 years.He reminds me of Bill Russell in basketball whose one of the best ever and won 11 championships and once said I can't say whose the greatest basketball player ever but thr way i play our team wins.
The way Ruud described Roy giving out about the hairband reminds me of my late father who was also from County Cork and that direct approach definitely runs in their strict mentality.
It doesn't only run in the Cork mentality it runs through the Irish mentality it's just a shame we didn't have enough of that sort of stuff running through the Irish squad we would have won a major competition by now
A far cry away from.the United they were before van nistelrooy was absolutely amazing and Roy Keane the best midfielder in the premier leagues history. What happened to sir Alex Ferguson' is heartbreaking also genuinely u wouldnt wish that on any body the documentary 💔 killed me. LETS hope this new coach is the man United need to take them forward the premier league needs a strong United team challenging at all levels I'm a scouser u have to respect your opponent United were amazing fearless and totally destructive Giggs Andy Cole sherringham pure class.
@@johncorcoran2931 The Irish spirit is alive and well in less than 10% of people. Its always only been a small number but that number is ferocious when backed into a corner. 90% of people everywhere are clowns.
@David more like spot on. There's worse than the English knocking on our doors and we're giving away everything because we're propagandised to fear the flu
Football is not the same now. Too many self-absorbed footballers who spend way too much time on social media and their image instead of getting better and sacrificing a little to help their club. The problem is they make too much money. No motivation to do more when they get paid for subpar performance.
When I heard Clint Morrison speaking about Roy Keane, I just knew he was different class. When your teammates look at you like a god then for me that’s it.
Why isn't Keane involved in the club in some capacity just having him around, his presence the mentality around the players even as coach or an assistant or something.
Because the snowflakes playing at the moment would down tools and refuse to play for him. Why? Let's just say he'd tell an awful lot of truths about this shocking lackluster shambles of individuals.
I don’t know if Rio is saying that just to be more entertaining but that is how great leaders are. He can’t go around shouting all the time, he would be totally physically abs emotionally spent. In order to have that intensity in the game you need to have some downtime where you focus and centre yourself. People try to paint him like he was always aggressive but I think people now see that he is loud abs direct when he needs to be because he can’t let things slide but otherwise he is chilled out.
@@danieladu3904 good new year too my friend hope everything goes wel good health to you and your family because family and health is all what matters in life ❤️
I’m an Irish Liverpool supporter. I’ll never agree with what happened in Saipan but I have to say Roy Keane, what an outstanding player and leader. World class.
typical Liverpool support taking the side of an Englishman over one og your own..keane was sent home because of the lack investment from the FAI in the irish team..and that shit has come to light recently. im sure you're sad rangers lost the league too. prick. gerrard is a rangers legend
Roy set the standard very high. Mick McCarthy wasnt the only manager got blasted by him. Carlos Queiroz got the taste of Roys sharp tongue once and he criticized SAF summer preparation in 2005, calling him "slacking off"
Roy Keane for me is the best captain I've ever seen in football he had absolutely everything you could ever want in a leader the Trouble 99 semi final against Juventus said it all for me he could be a warrior on the pitch & play the game as well & take no Nonsense from anyone oh the list is just Endless frankly a Top notch class player & his pundit tree is solid gold as well Man Utd could do with him at the club right now he would straighten out a few of these pre madonna's I reckon & put them in there place which is very badly needed right now because they are getting away with murder at the club
I'd take Roy , Rio and Rudd over Pogba ,McTominay, Fred , Maguire , Rashford or any of the current players , all pampered prima Donna's with more focus on their Instagram or fishing for a knighthood , too many beta males and not enough alphas .
Biggest compliment I can give Keane as a scouser, is he was a modern day Sourness, both brutal, captains and born winners 🏆 souey won in 7 seasons 5 leagues, 3 European cups and four league cups. Keanes record totally amazing too. Souey bit more successful as a gaffer. Imagine a midfield pairing of them the opposition would say they all had covid
@@berniemcguiness9136 his range of passing, shooting and technical, Souness eclipsed him, 347 apps 54 goals ... 471 apps 51 goals.....top flight . Not forgetting, you didn't get near the European Cup unless you won your league. Additionally, the 90s EPL wasn't what it is now, one time an English team got to final. When Souness was doing it, England had 3 separate winners, Forest x2 and Aston Villa and Liverpool x 3, England was dominant league in Europe. Serie A much stronger and Souness went to there to Sampdoria and was successful
@@berniemcguiness9136 Much better footballer my ass, Souness was a sublime footballer but doesn't get the respect he deserves because people don't like him. Personally I'd have Souness over Keane every day of the week.
If Man United had Keane now the bookies would already be paying out after Christmas. That may sound far fetched but that happened more than once when he was captain.
When we talk about the intangibles in sports, roy keane is what we mean. Yes, everyone has two arms and two legs and everyone can run and be competitive but he was smth else, his obsession and drive was almost autistic. He was completely devoid of skill and flair, i don't want to say he was one dimensional, he was a great passer of the ball but you could not say he was graceful on the ball. He was beyond all of that though, he had a desire to win that went beyond the skills required to win, he willed himself into victory, you can never win against someone who is willing to break his bones every single time he gets in that pitch
Keane was similar to Micheal Jordan in the leadership sense, he expected a certain level of his team mates and to him there was a level the team should be at, there was no compromise
Gattuso Pierce Matthaus Keane Rijkard Ince Viera Tony Adams Gentlie Passarella Branco Socrates You won’t get players like these ever again All with their hearts on their sleeves and most of all you just wouldn’t fuck with them !!!!
it's possibly a thing many Celts share as a trait..Celts the Race not Celtic the team.. the Romans described the Scots as "a friendly people, fond of war" .. so the contrasts are there in us and we switch quickly from calm to extreme anger when pressed and then calm again we can be friendly and relaxed, then seconds later if someone is pushing us or someone we care about we can be Rageing at someone then calm again seconds later after that and on good terms all within a few seconds or a minute or two depending on what's going on and how people are with us, I've seen it over and over again all my life, it's not just Mr Keane it's a lot of us Celts are like that in the way we are
Liverpool supporter here,roy different level..talk about shin pads..i was the same... make sure you hit the oponant first.unfortunly we cant do that these days.money took over..we re to blame because we subscribed to bt and sky.if you want football to change..dont subscribe.
Roy Keane was able to reach his level largely because he was backed by an Emperor coach in Ferguson. The truth is not all players would embrace his approach. Half of the team hated it. But Fergie was behind him with absolute authority. Roy Keane could not find same success either in Ireland national team or as a manager by himself. Cause he does not have Fergie behind him and people would not like to follow his intensive way.
Alot of people saying they don't make them like him anymore... But why are the attitudes of great central midfielders so different?! The only thing I can think of is money. And the self entitlement they feel they have from it. I dunno, someone help me out. Why is Keane and Viera players lost to time.
Football is not the same now. Too many self-absorbed footballers who spend way too much time on social media and their image instead of getting better and sacrificing a little to help their club. The problem is they make too much money. No motivation to do more when they get paid for subpar performance.
I wouldn't say you need to feel sorry of RVN that Henry was around. Both fantastic players. I'm a United fan but Henry shaded it for me - one of the best players in the world for 4 or 5 years and probably the best forward in premier league history (Cantona, Salah, Aguero etc. included)
In ireland there are thousands of Roy Keanes. Even playing 5 a side youd have a Keane like player on the astro turf shouting at you.Problem is that all the money in ireland goes into the gaélic games so irish soccer players dont have too much opportunity to make it.
That’s gas, a Dutchman having to get used to an Irishman’s directness. Two legends.
Haha when you put it like that it’s even more hilarious 😄
After hearing so many stories about Keane for years from so many of his ex team mates I’ve come to the conclusion that perhaps the greatest thing he possessed was not only his amazing talent as a player but the effect he had on his fellow team mates. They practically worshipped him. They knew he had their back and it made them better. It made them believe. It gave them confidence. The confidence you need to do great things - and great things they did. He was that player. They could really do with one of those players right now. Unfortunately they don’t come around too often.
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I agree
His teammates actually hated him, but they had to respect his dedication and leadership skills.
They didn't worship him at all. He was psychopathic on the field and had the backing of the manager. That's why no one dared argue back. It would have been akin to telling the manager to f*** off!
They were scared of him.
This new generation of players will never produce another Roy Keane!!! Heart breaking!!!
The pampered academy system and social media celebrity status of the top youngsters means that the best young players know nothing about the Roy Keane, Patrick Viera, Stefan Effenberg, John Terry, Steven Gerrard & Carlos Puyol metal
@@tobia.1281 Their mums probably told them about Terry
Or an Emile Heskey
The rules and way they're taught don't allow it. It's a shame tbh.
@@tobia.1281 ooh Stefan Effenberg, forgot about him, what a player.
The thing that's often overlooked is that Keane was some footballer.
World class.
Himself and Scholes could make any central mid look very ordinary.
Got some milage out of them two. Blessed we were.
I loved Rio aswell he was world class.
That midfield of that era with giggs keane scholes and Beckham was unreal.
@@stephencooper7459 muck compared to the Roy
@@CoffeeCartel666 Rio was a centre back who was part of the champions League team. Won league titles and everything else with us. Honestly we never replaced him with an equal.
I cannot believe Harry Maguire wears the same arm band this man used to wear.
I wonder who gets to wear Ruud's old headband at Utd?
That’s very true, Maguire shouldn’t be paying for Man Utd never mind the captaincy.
Nobody can
How come, the management never thrown Maguire out of the team?!
Usually if someone comes up with bad performances, they they sack him.
His story is a strange phenomenon.
It's awful!!
Famous old saying and probably the most relevant in football about ridiculously good players is....you only remember how good they truly were when they aren't there anymore..... Roy Keane can't and won't be replaced.... certainly not in my lifetime.... leadership of the highest quality...👏👏
He was the best midfielder in possibly the best midfield in premier league history and for a period of time Europe. He was the engine and catalyst for the team from around '96 onwards. He couldn't pass like Beckham or have the skills of Scholes or Beckham but was the best of all four, in fact between 97 and 2004 he was undoubtedly United's best player. He had a technique and playing style and positional awareness that was so effective, he drove the team on when needed, kept it ticking over, rarely gave away possession and so calm in such a frantic league at that time. 8 or 9 out of 10 performances every single week. Unbelievable player.
Not exactly weak. Perhaps not on the same level that it has become currently but then again the game was more physical back then which adds a different dynamic. Ferdinand, Terry, Van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Ronaldo, Henry, Pires, Bergkamp, Hasselbaink, Drogba, Makelele, Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard, Giggs, Veron…The list goes on. Hardly weak. The Italian and Spanish leagues were also very strong during this period but there is no doubt The Premier League was a damn strong league back in late 90s early 2000s onwards.
Tho in his later yrs the pl was actually quite strong and even more competitive just after he left
@@suyashshukla149 Regardless if the game has become more competitive, by which I assume you mean there are more quality teams across the board, doesn’t negate the fact that Keane was an immense player. Any top team in Europe would have gladly taken him on their books. Veron, a gift of a player couldn’t get in the centre kid because of Keane’s presence and Veron was a top performer in the Italian league when it was near its pinnacle. I wish I could see Keane do battle with midfielders in today’s game - he would demolish many of them.
@@sundog8772 i agree , he was the reason united were so dominant in midfield with just 2 midfielders, all i was doinh was making a point abt how pl 's quality varied, there has never been any doubt about how good roy was and still will be in the current pl. Coz even today a peak roy keane walks into every team 's starting line up
@@johnnyrocker7495 The league is shit now. City and Liverpool aside, it's filled with average teams. Chelsea, United, Spurs, Arsenal, were all much better in the past decade.
As a Liverpool fan I always liked Keane. He was like a pitbull crossed with a crocodile in that midfield role but he was smart as well and could drag his team mates through quicksand with his lead from the front attitude. Last of the breed I am sad to say, game has moved on but I miss that crunching style he and others like him brought to our game.
I think he would have fitted Liverpool better
@@trhoades2063 No one who's ever played for you scousers is even fit to wipe his arse.
We could’ve got Keane if we’d bid more & bought Keane as well as Clough…he was World Class.
I'm an american that does not follow English Football really and honestly had never even heard the name Keane until recently, but he more I see of this guy the more I like his unforgiving attitude about life. 'So what you scored a goal, it's your job' almost killed me from laughter at how brutally honest that statement was. Roy, if I ever make it across the pond and run into you in a pub the pints are on me, and I'm quite certain you can afford them more than I can. Respect.
did you read in his biography about his intention to break another player's leg? the guy might have been a good captain in one sense but he was nothing more than a thug in another.
@Fill up my plate🍽️ your comment is barely worth responding to because a) it makes little sense and b) what you are saying about players nowadays is the same as back then. there are always divers. besides, what do you know about the psychology of a premier league player? i mean, first hand, from personal experience?
@Fill up my plate🍽️ i notice you didn't answer the question ... but I'm thrilled for you that you are so delighted that i answered. 😆
@@paulhornsey-pennell1931 from what I've seen of Keane, what did the other player do? Yeah he was a brawler, a hooligan if you will, and wasn't above putting someone in their place if he felt they needed it, and yes he played hard, more so than most of the ballerinas on the pitch today, but he was too much of a team player to just say 'that's a good player I'm going to break his leg' I haven't read his bio but I bet there was a 'for this action' included in that statement because he knew that red card meant he wasn't out there helping his mates. How long was he captain under Ferguson? He was good but it was this specific attitude as to why he held it for as long as he did. After bullet tooth Tony and a French karate kick I don't think Ferguson would have tolerated a thug on the pitch. Ferguson understood him.
@@paulhornsey-pennell1931 Now tell the story about why that occurred. Give a bit of background instead of pushing an agenda.
“Ohh he’s a thug!!!”
What kind of a pussy are you, cop on 😄
Keane was undoubtedly a talented football player, but his determination, tenacity and leadership are what made him a great player.
Brilliant player. My favourite. I am biased in that regard. He could pass he could tackle, had an incredible engine. Most of all was a terrific leader and pushed on the team. Great era of success those teams brought to man utd
Ever hear Keano speak about "Ruud"....always first name, always real respect for his ability. "We're goin to woarrrr"
Probably cannot pronounce van Nistelrooij.
He wont have a bad word said about Beckham either always says he was best trainer and a great servant to man united .
He replaced one of the greatest UTD captains of all time (Bryan Robson) and then became arguably the greatest UTD capt of all time. This is a player that started his career playing for Cobh Ramblers in the second division of the League of ireland. Cloughie brought him to Forest and the rest is history.
I absolutely agree with you.
He was the greatest captain He won more than all the other captains ever won
Actually he replaced Eric.
Until Maguire took over and then became the best ever Man Utd captain 🥹
@@keshav7428 Maguire not fit to tie Kean’o boot laces
This is the biggest credit to him is that we still to this day have not been able to replace him for all the money we have spent and all the quality we have apparently bought. He was a winner and a warrior on the pitch and he did it best.
It’s an Irish thing that nobody will ever understand trust me. I’m mixed with Jamaican and Irish, and I wondered for years why I could switch so suddenly and so fiercely. It’s just inbuilt. Event if you have a spot of Irish blood trust me you go when you need to go. 💪
I should have used that defence in court! 😅
No it is not an Irish thing, that is just so clichéd.
There are Irish people nothing like that and there are non-Irish people exactly like that.
Literally a massive load of bollocks... I've been to ireland and it isnt littered with bloody corpses ffs 😆
@@benjamincompton9767 oh right I see so because you’ve gone to Ireland that’s it then it’s settled. Get the drinks man 🙄
Keane was pure class, in every way, on the field. I used to watch him, and wish he played for Spurs. And he's a funny guy too. I'd fucking love to have a beer with him, and listen to his version of the Irish World Cup bullshit. He's a top man, I think.
He doesnt drink...
@@NK-xd6xv Anymore
I have a friend who worked in Cork airport, he once had a few pints with him in a Cork pub, just got chatting like you would with anyone at the bar, great company he said.
Keano epitomises what a Team mate and captain should be.
Gave it everything, always had your back, let his football do the talking.
Humble beginnings stood strong and stayed with him.
Maybe a generational thing compared to today's 'players'
I am irish and I remember someone asking me back in the early 90s what was so good about Roy Keane being in the Irish team - and i remember saying - it was not just that he was so good - it was that everyone around him played better when he was there - because no one was complacent or give the ball away, or he would scream abuse at them. No one was allowed to have an off day when he was on the pitch. We didnt realise that we wouldnt see the likes of him again even 30 years later...
He was the main reason that other teams feared United… once he left they lost half their heart… and once Sir Alex was gone the other half left with him.
Spot on ....they were the two that made United great!
Fact check: Once Keane left they won three league titles in a row and a Champions League. Not bad for a team with half its heart missing
@@martinpotts6417 They also won five of the next seven PL titles, an FA Cup, four League Cups, six Community Shields, a Cup Winners' Cup, Europa League, a European Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup since Keane left, with a PL/CL, PL and League Cup and a League Cup and Europa League same season double too without him.
But why should some people let a mere detail like the facts get in the way of their clichéd argument, eh?
Keane in name, keen in nature. 🇮🇪💚☘
I remember that in an interview sir Alex said that this year his best signing was that Roy Keane stays with Manchester for an other 3 years.
Most clinical striker ever Ruuuuuud
Another ferige fell out with, world class stricker
@@hotbot4219 he manufactured conflict as a means of sink or swim. same with beckham and rooney. and stam. the only one he really got wrong was stam. beck and van nistelrooy spent their best years at old trafford.
@@Mr___X no he got tevez wrong too
@@hotbot4219 he didnt fall out with tevez, man city just bought him
@@Mr___X not true, he did not long how he trained, guy was world class, man unt do not let go of world class for no reason.
If you lived through that era of premiership football you wouldn't question who was the best player because this guy Keane got the best of whoever he came up against and in 99 he had reached his prime and took over one of footballs greatest midfield line in Davids Zidane and dechamps in turin after going 2 0 down in 10 minutes.Best midfielder in premier league history with second in my mind the Liverpool legend gerrard and to make things better gerrard rated himself second ahead of scholes,Vieria,lampard and Macalele and simply said Keane The best.He played against keane in 05/06 season twice.Keane who nearing the end still came out on top in old traford and after 60 minutes in anfield with the score 0-0 they both were pretty even that day.He was one of the greatest leaders because he led by example and got all others around him to play better.Keane was so good at reading a game,passing through the gaps from midfield to fowards, dictating the pace,tackling,he scored 93 goals in his career also.An absolute legend that will be remembered if humans are still alive in 2000 years.He reminds me of Bill Russell in basketball whose one of the best ever and won 11 championships and once said I can't say whose the greatest basketball player ever but thr way i play our team wins.
When you walk out with ROY KEANE, you have NO FEAR
The way Ruud described Roy giving out about the hairband reminds me of my late father who was also from County Cork and that direct approach definitely runs in their strict mentality.
Nothing wrong with that mate!
It doesn't only run in the Cork mentality it runs through the Irish mentality it's just a shame we didn't have enough of that sort of stuff running through the Irish squad we would have won a major competition by now
Funny.. he will always be Captain Fantastic.. we are so proud of him in Ireland.. 👍🇮🇪
Half of Ireland are proud the other half hate him and call him s traitor
@@barry2924 true
Keane represented the success of the Ferguson era. Disciplined, hard-nosed, no nonsense approach to winning.
Roy Keane finest passer of a ball over 10 yards in football.
Amazing ability to keep a ball and dictate the tempo of a game
I disagree completely 😆
Paul Scholes more like
@@Dec2012omg over 10 yards? Round the clock ?
It’s 2 yards Gary
Rooney confirms that statement
If I did a all time United 11 Keane is the first name I think of. He had everything and was a leader and a winner
He was my favorite player keane oh would I wish to have him bk again class
Had the honour to meet him twice and a real gentleman.
A far cry away from.the United they were before van nistelrooy was absolutely amazing and Roy Keane the best midfielder in the premier leagues history. What happened to sir Alex Ferguson' is heartbreaking also genuinely u wouldnt wish that on any body the documentary 💔 killed me. LETS hope this new coach is the man United need to take them forward the premier league needs a strong United team challenging at all levels I'm a scouser u have to respect your opponent United were amazing fearless and totally destructive Giggs Andy Cole sherringham pure class.
His attitude is Irish. Calm but we are unbreakable. 800 years leaves a mark.
@@johncorcoran2931 The Irish spirit is alive and well in less than 10% of people. Its always only been a small number but that number is ferocious when backed into a corner. 90% of people everywhere are clowns.
Shite talk
Unbreakable my arse. Cowards the lot of them. Covid19 has exposed the Irish true colours
@David more like spot on. There's worse than the English knocking on our doors and we're giving away everything because we're propagandised to fear the flu
@@johncorcoran2931 - That's the unfortunate truth. Where did it all go wrong...
Roy Keane was a hard man but he was a leader a winner and a legend respect
Football is not the same now. Too many self-absorbed footballers who spend way too much time on social media and their image instead of getting better and sacrificing a little to help their club. The problem is they make too much money. No motivation to do more when they get paid for subpar performance.
Probably the most important player a team has ever had! Won so many trophies because of him
People underrate Keane's talents and only talk about his personality ,roy Keane was world class who made everyone around him good.
Love inside stories like this
Roy
The man of all men
Merry Christmas you UA-cam freaks
2 United legends talking about a 3rd
What?
When I heard Clint Morrison speaking about Roy Keane, I just knew he was different class. When your teammates look at you like a god then for me that’s it.
Keane is the greatest captain of all-time
The greatest leader and man
The Dutch goal machine …some player
Pogba and Rashford warm up with tips on hair-colouring.
Look at that picture, in the 90s/early 00s when having just one medium tattoo on your shoulder was considered hardcore 🤣🤣
Was it?
@@CJ0101 sort of. Still, better than the full sleeves you see on TOWIE types today.
@@CJ0101 yeah definitely. Only bikers, inmates mentally unstable people had lots of tattoos (or face tatts) in them days. (90s for sure).
Bollocks. In the 90s everyone had stupid tribal tattoos. Dunno WTF 90s you mongs are on about
@@dowogenesthedog7186 a) that was the 00's and b) your mum ☺️
Why isn't Keane involved in the club in some capacity just having him around, his presence the mentality around the players even as coach or an assistant or something.
Like Roy Kent
He burned his bridges and left the club under a cloud. He also still has beef with Fergie ua-cam.com/video/Oz4AiigHMxk/v-deo.html
He is also a bully who kinda lacks people skills
Because the snowflakes playing at the moment would down tools and refuse to play for him.
Why?
Let's just say he'd tell an awful lot of truths about this shocking lackluster shambles of individuals.
Yeah but he can't get Pogba. Souness has him every other week as a verbal punch bag.
I fucking love Roy Keane!!!! Man Utd were so lucky to have him ..
Love these stories.
RVN was a class centre forward ⚽️👏🏼
Absolute bollocks. He was average at best.
@@moptopbaku6022 no he was top quality
@@moptopbaku6022 no more internet for you today kid.
@@moptopbaku6022 Ur ma was average and so was her spawn
@Benedict Hampus What would a Spurs fan know about football?
What a striker this man was goal after goal..Roy was UTD best ever midfielder man's a legend 👌🇮🇪
I don’t know if Rio is saying that just to be more entertaining but that is how great leaders are. He can’t go around shouting all the time, he would be totally physically abs emotionally spent. In order to have that intensity in the game you need to have some downtime where you focus and centre yourself. People try to paint him like he was always aggressive but I think people now see that he is loud abs direct when he needs to be because he can’t let things slide but otherwise he is chilled out.
Wel said..............you should turn your predictive txt on........................abs = and
@@callum.........22 thanks and happy new year!
@@danieladu3904 good new year too my friend hope everything goes wel good health to you and your family because family and health is all what matters in life ❤️
There must've been a balance to the aggression and the composure. I get the impression that he'd be approachable for a chilled beer after a game.
I’m an Irish Liverpool supporter. I’ll never agree with what happened in Saipan but I have to say Roy Keane, what an outstanding player and leader. World class.
typical Liverpool support taking the side of an Englishman over one og your own..keane was sent home because of the lack investment from the FAI in the irish team..and that shit has come to light recently. im sure you're sad rangers lost the league too. prick. gerrard is a rangers legend
Roy set the standard very high. Mick McCarthy wasnt the only manager got blasted by him. Carlos Queiroz got the taste of Roys sharp tongue once and he criticized SAF summer preparation in 2005, calling him "slacking off"
Roy Keane for me is the best captain I've ever seen in football he had absolutely everything you could ever want in a leader the Trouble 99 semi final against Juventus said it all for me he could be a warrior on the pitch & play the game as well & take no Nonsense from anyone oh the list is just Endless frankly a Top notch class player & his pundit tree is solid gold as well Man Utd could do with him at the club right now he would straighten out a few of these pre madonna's I reckon & put them in there place which is very badly needed right now because they are getting away with murder at the club
Never see the likes of him at Utd again and definitely never see a player half his ability with Ireland.
Such a role model.
I'd take Roy , Rio and Rudd over Pogba ,McTominay, Fred , Maguire , Rashford or any of the current players , all pampered prima Donna's with more focus on their Instagram or fishing for a knighthood , too many beta males and not enough alphas .
You should play centreback for Manchester United, instead of Maguire
be easy on donnie utd doant give him a chance ☺
Biggest compliment I can give Keane as a scouser, is he was a modern day Sourness, both brutal, captains and born winners 🏆 souey won in 7 seasons 5 leagues, 3 European cups and four league cups. Keanes record totally amazing too. Souey bit more successful as a gaffer. Imagine a midfield pairing of them the opposition would say they all had covid
Keane was a much better footballer but both great leaders
@@berniemcguiness9136 his range of passing, shooting and technical, Souness eclipsed him, 347 apps 54 goals ... 471 apps 51 goals.....top flight . Not forgetting, you didn't get near the European Cup unless you won your league. Additionally, the 90s EPL wasn't what it is now, one time an English team got to final. When Souness was doing it, England had 3 separate winners, Forest x2 and Aston Villa and Liverpool x 3, England was dominant league in Europe. Serie A much stronger and Souness went to there to Sampdoria and was successful
That’s the Celtic connection, Scot’s and Irish
Exactly i aways ssid keane is our sounesd
@@berniemcguiness9136 Much better footballer my ass, Souness was a sublime footballer but doesn't get the respect he deserves because people don't like him.
Personally I'd have Souness over Keane every day of the week.
Ferguson gets all the praise for United , he wouldnt of done half of what he did without Keane helping him keep that team at top level
Quiet ones are to be more feared.
Love it......Keano! The animal! 😂😂💪🏽🙌🏽👊🏽❤️
get that beeping thing off your head hahaha absolutely legendary!!!
Hahaha
Roy puts Ruud into his all time teams everytime he picks it.
nope not true
@@kllaskas810 the three I have seen he has. He many as he done?
@@Lonely_Goat ua-cam.com/video/3-ZKlNOonB8/v-deo.html
Lmao we dutch are the most direct people on earth Ruudje! how can you not handle directness!!
If Man United had Keane now the bookies would already be paying out after Christmas.
That may sound far fetched but that happened more than once when he was captain.
How would it far fetched? He would walk games compared to now
When we talk about the intangibles in sports, roy keane is what we mean. Yes, everyone has two arms and two legs and everyone can run and be competitive but he was smth else, his obsession and drive was almost autistic. He was completely devoid of skill and flair, i don't want to say he was one dimensional, he was a great passer of the ball but you could not say he was graceful on the ball. He was beyond all of that though, he had a desire to win that went beyond the skills required to win, he willed himself into victory, you can never win against someone who is willing to break his bones every single time he gets in that pitch
Same personality as me. Glad I’m not alone.
Yea Batman we know what you like
@@luislizard2626 Yep..we know what your mum’s like too…
Some people in life excel ....That's the way it is😁
Plain to see rio doesn’t like Roy as a person nothing wrong with Roy.
Born winner with no time for bollox
I'd rather Roy every day over Rio (who's a fucking clown)
I think Roy had a go at Rio in the past, must have dug deep 😄
What are you even talking about? They had no feud and played well together.
"You was cool in a minute ago, whats going on?!" those words in the end lol
Listening to this, he might as well be describing most Cork people.
Keane was similar to Micheal Jordan in the leadership sense, he expected a certain level of his team mates and to him there was a level the team should be at, there was no compromise
Gattuso Pierce Matthaus Keane Rijkard Ince Viera Tony Adams Gentlie Passarella Branco Socrates
You won’t get players like these ever again
All with their hearts on their sleeves and most of all you just wouldn’t fuck with them !!!!
Rijkard the filthy flobber
@@EricPollarrd the Llama …
The names above like the apostles
You forgot Fred :)
Matthaus is a different class.
Keano, fucking legend. Enough said 👊
That's my legend!
Glad to see the banner with Cantona, Robson and Keane at Old Trafford, "Standards"
Been missing Keane for years since SAF retired
Fergie said in his book that if Keane entered the Grand National he would win it.
Roy Keane was probably the greatest captain in premier league history.
It's always good to have a pitbull guarding the gate, man. Much better on the ball than he gets credit for as well.
End of the day like him or not he ment football and gave 100% everytime. Our forest roy. U reds.
Van nistlerooy was unplayable on his day
it's possibly a thing many Celts share as a trait..Celts the Race not Celtic the team.. the Romans described the Scots as "a friendly people, fond of war" .. so the contrasts are there in us and we switch quickly from calm to extreme anger when pressed and then calm again
we can be friendly and relaxed, then seconds later if someone is pushing us or someone we care about we can be Rageing at someone then calm again seconds later after that and on good terms all within a few seconds or a minute or two depending on what's going on and how people are with us, I've seen it over and over again all my life, it's not just Mr Keane it's a lot of us Celts are like that in the way we are
Put it this way alot of players would not have won as much as they did but for keane
Keane is a winner 👍
Liverpool supporter here,roy different level..talk about shin pads..i was the same... make sure you hit the oponant first.unfortunly we cant do that these days.money took over..we re to blame because we subscribed to bt and sky.if you want football to change..dont subscribe.
Money cant buy you a new Keane
one of a kind
Keane was very special.
Giggs keane scholes n becks..WTF..never see so much class in a united midfield again..
I also remember keane told rio to make pass forward instead of safe backpass.
Can't see why they don't give a chance at managing the team then. Look what he achieved as a player- Captain. Ridiculous.😬
The Calm before the storm
It’s not too much of a stretch to suggest that you could take just about any 10 players and Roy Keane and they would probably win the Premier League
I still remember keane smacking Gary Neville in the head in the Porto game I think 2004. Brilliant drive to demand more from the players
Roy Keane was able to reach his level largely because he was backed by an Emperor coach in Ferguson. The truth is not all players would embrace his approach. Half of the team hated it. But Fergie was behind him with absolute authority. Roy Keane could not find same success either in Ireland national team or as a manager by himself. Cause he does not have Fergie behind him and people would not like to follow his intensive way.
I was enjoying that until Rio piped up.
Alot of people saying they don't make them like him anymore... But why are the attitudes of great central midfielders so different?! The only thing I can think of is money. And the self entitlement they feel they have from it. I dunno, someone help me out. Why is Keane and Viera players lost to time.
Footballers nowadays wouldn't cope with them proper midfielders
Football is not the same now. Too many self-absorbed footballers who spend way too much time on social media and their image instead of getting better and sacrificing a little to help their club. The problem is they make too much money. No motivation to do more when they get paid for subpar performance.
You have to feel sorry for Ruud that Henry was around at the same time.
I wouldn't say you need to feel sorry of RVN that Henry was around. Both fantastic players. I'm a United fan but Henry shaded it for me - one of the best players in the world for 4 or 5 years and probably the best forward in premier league history (Cantona, Salah, Aguero etc. included)
You meant to say Ronaldo, he got picked over RVN and that's why he left.
In ireland there are thousands of Roy Keanes. Even playing 5 a side youd have a Keane like player on the astro turf shouting at you.Problem is that all the money in ireland goes into the gaélic games so irish soccer players dont have too much opportunity to make it.
What you smoking 🚬 🤔